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5 Qirsh - Abdulaziz
| Issuer | Khedivate of Egypt |
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| Year | 1861-1870 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a three-line Arabic inscription in elegant script occupying the central field. The regnal year '٤' (year 4) appears above the mint formula 'ضرب في / مصر' (Struck in Egypt), arranged in two lines separated by a horizontal rule, with the Hijri accession year '١٢٧٧' displayed in large Eastern Arabic numerals in the lower field. The design is enclosed within a fine beaded inner border and a milled outer rim. |
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| Mintage | 1277 (1861) ١ - ۱۲۷۷ - 1277 (1861) ٢ - ۱۲۷۷ - 1277 (1862) ٣ - ۱۲۷۷ - 1277 (1863) ٤ - ۱۲۷۷ - 1277 (1864) ٥ - ۱۲۷۷ - 1277 (1865) ٦ - ۱۲۷۷ - 1277 (1866) ٧ - ۱۲۷۷ - 1277 (1867) ٨ - ۱۲۷۷ - 1277 (1868) ٩ - ۱۲۷۷ - 1277 (1869) ١٠ - ۱۲۷۷ - |
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The Khedivate of Egypt occupied an odd constitutional position — nominally an Ottoman vassal, practically an autonomous state with its own coinage, army, and foreign debt. Abdulaziz was sultan in Constantinople throughout this period, so his name appeared on Egyptian coins by imperial convention rather than any meaningful administrative authority over the Nile valley. Real power ran through Cairo, and increasingly through the European creditors financing the Suez Canal.
KM#254 spans nearly a decade of issues with documented variations in the tughra's engraving across dies.